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Xylitol Won't Ruin Your Heart Health

102

Some Drugs Cause Weight Gain. Could A Keto Diet Help?

103

Lunchables and Lead Poisoning—More Nonsense From Consumer Reports

104

The Journal 'Science' Doesn't Know What A Scientist Is

105

'Chevron' Supreme Court Decision Could Weaken Federal Agencies. Blessing Or Curse?

106

Microplastics In Your Lungs? The New Public Health Bogeyman

107

Medetomidine—The New Unwelcome Guest In Illicit Fentanyl

108

Skin Cancer, Sunburns And Sunscreen—Just The Facts

109

Pesticides, Parkinson's And The Messy Influence Of Genetics

110

Deadly Microplastics In Your Arteries? Not So Fast

111

Skipping Meals Restores Your Youth? The Science Behind Fasting

112

AI In Medicine—Who's To Blame When Things Go Wrong?

113

Could This FDA-Approved Treatment Silence Tinnitus?

114

Prohibition Absurdity—Drug Warriors Take Opioids From Terminal Cancer Patients

115

Dr. Paul Offit: Lessons Learned From COVID-19

116

Fraudulent Research Threatens Scientific Progress

117

Listen Up! The Surprising Link Between Zinc and Hearing Loss

118

Porn Is Probably Bad For You. Here's The Science

119

Risks and Benefits of Legal Marijuana

120

Corrupt Assault On Opioids Harms Cancer Patients

121

Six-Step Liver Cleanse? Debunking "Doctor" Josh Axe's Bad Nutrition Advice

122

Tylenol Plus Advil Equals Exploitation; Phony Pesticide Scares

123

Awkward Facts About Electric Cars; The Science Of Bidets

124

Wegovy, Ozempic—The Unintended Effects. Why Only Some People Wear Masks

125

Derek Chauvin's 'Excited Delirium' Defense; Will 10,000 Steps Make You Fit?

126

Senators Don't Understand Opioid Use (Or Math). Body Parts For Sale?

127

'Health Coaching' is a Scam; the Latest on COVID Boosters

128

'Non-GMO' Labels Don't Make Food Safer; Airhead Actress Peddles Useless 'Natural' Tylenol

129

Trouble With Rapid Drug Tests; Fabricating COVID-19 Health 'Disparities'

130

Good News About Flu Shots; The Sudafed PE Debacle

131

Tylenol, The Useless Analgesic? Suing Doctors For Spreading COVID 'Misinformation'

132

Charging Doctors With Manslaughter; Science Journalists As Paid Political Hacks

133

New COVID Surge Coming? Raw Oysters Are Gross—And Possibly Dangerous

134

Synthetic Embryos coming soon? 'Painkiller': Netflix's Dreadful Opioid Miniseries

135

IARC's Defective Aspartame-Cancer Study; In Defense of 'Ultra-Processed' Food

136

BMI Is Racist? No, CDC, Men Can't Breastfeed

137

AI's Growing (And Possibly) Harmful Impact On Medicine; Yes, Pop-Tarts Are Food

138

Sucralose-Cancer Hysteria, Debunked; Time For Climate Change Reparations?

139

Cannabis Causes Schizophrenia? Not So Fast; Pfizer's Weight Loss Drug v. Ozempic

140

Danger of Tylenol In Opioids; J&J Drug Could Undo Liver Damage—Caused By Its Tylenol

141

Can COVID Improve Vaccine Development? California's Nonsensical Chemical Bans

142

America's Troublesome Adderall Shortgage; EPA's Nonsensical PFAS Water Standards

143

Masks Prevent COVID? A Friendly Debate; Don't Fall For Misinformation About Misinformation

144

'Woke' Policies Harm Public Health? FDA's Silly 'Healthy' Food Labels

145

Erythritol Probably Doesn't Cause Heart Disease; Dietary Supplements Can Kill

146

Tylenol After Surgery Is Useless; CVS Sued For Selling Homeopathic 'Remedies'

147

Peer-Reviewed' Science Ain't So Scientific; Alcohol and Cancer Risk In Context

148

Solving America's Drug Shortage; Biden's Bioeconomy Plan—A Bureaucratic Mess

149

What Everyone Got Wrong About Gas Stoves; Smoking Pot Causes Asthma?

150

Sweden's COVID Response; Eco-Doomsday Is Cancelled

151

C. Everett Koop—A Rebel Public Health Official?

152

Baby Food Doesn't Cause Autism; Swearing Might Be Good For you

153

Marijuana—Worse Than We Thought? The Benefits (And Risks) Of Weight-Loss Drugs

154

Everyone's Wrong About COVID 'Amnesty'; Smart Water—A Beverage For Dummies

155

Remembering The Alar Scare; NYT Should Stop Targeting Scientists

156

Dr. Dinerstein's Near-Death Experience; Unregulated Medical Devices; Cleveland Clinic's Anti-Vaping Nonsense

157

Could Marijuana Send You To The ER?

158

ACSH Goes To Dr Phil; Cancers Have A 'Fungal Biome'

159

Neurontin—The Lousy Opioid Alternative; Twitter Censors ACSH

160

Fighting Dementia With—Vitamins? A Retrospective On COVID Lockdowns

161

Diagnosing Parkinson's with AI; Banning Technology Is Risky Business

162

Why Soda Taxes Fail; Seeding Clouds With Silver; Climate Change Causes Heart Attacks?

163

Why Do People Follow Crazy Diets? Lessons To Learn From The COVID Pandemic

164

Does Fentanyl Penetrate Skin? 'Fat Acceptance' Is Dangerous

165

FDA's Laughable Opioid 'Give-Back' Program; 10 Anti-Pesticide 'Facts' Debunked

166

Salt Ain't So Bad After All? Diagnosing SIDS Before It's Too Late

167

Environmentalism Gone Wild; Looking Back At The Ivermectin Debate

168

Driving While Stoned; Spoiled College Students Against Safe Pesticides

169

Artificial Sweeteners Polluting The Environment?

170

CRISPR Crops Boost Pesticide Use? No. Latest On COVID Vaccine Side Effects

171

Chemicals Don't Cause Obesity; Does An Omicron Booster Make Sense?

172

FDA Tries To Ban JUUL; Low-Nicotine Cigarettes Coming Soon?

173

Blame Your Genes For Type 2 Diabetes? Go Vegan To Lose Weight?

174

Paxlovid's Waning Efficacy? Epoch Times' Anti-Glyphosate Hysteria Debunked

175

Free Medical School Yields Better Health Care? Blueberries Don't Prevent Dementia

176

Alopecia Areata At The Oscars; Fiber's Fading Benefits; GMO Debate Over?

177

'Radium Girls'—The Troubling History Of Courtroom Science Denial

178

COVID Boosters And Herd Immunity; Obesity Denial And 'Cancel Culture' In Science

179

Ukraine War Exposes Anti-GMO Folly; Giant Spiders And The Value of Pesticides

180

Nonsensical Vaccine Mandates; Diet Soda Promotes Weight Loss

181

'MathMagic': Lead exposure destroys 825 million IQ points, alcohol shrinks your brain?